Searching for the Next Breakthrough in Health Care
Release Date:
05/05/2014
The Commonwealth Fund launches the Breakthrough Health Care Opportunities ...
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Mellon Foundation Awards $1.3 Million to Chicago Art Institutions
Release Date:
06/03/2014
... with a focus on working with art objects. The grants will fund the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Chicago Objects Study ...
Individual Market Insurance Premiums Grew 10 Percent Yearly Prior to Affordable Care Act
Release Date:
06/05/2014
... was enacted (2008-2010), according to a new Commonwealth Fund report. The analysis, by Jonathan Gruber of the ...
It’s Time to Face the Long-Term-Care Dilemma
Release Date:
06/09/2014
... David Blumenthal, president and CEO of the Commonwealth Fund , says that the United States needs "creative new .....
NYC Green Carts Expanding Access to Fresh Produce in Low-Income Neighborhoods
Release Date:
06/11/2014
... in partnership with the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund ... NYC Green Carts Expanding Access to Fresh Produce ...
Mertz Gilmore Fires Up Its War On Coal
Release Date:
06/13/2014
An article in Inside Philanthropy singles out the Mertz Gilmore Foundation for championing climate change solutions, especially efforts to reduce the use of coal, the country’s biggest source of global warming pollution.
Heintz and Wayne Pay Tribute To Richard Rockefeller Who Died in Plane Crash
Release Date:
06/20/2014
... Who Died in Plane Crash Rockefeller Brothers Fund President Stephen Heintz and Chair Valerie Rockefeller ...
Tart, Goodwin Win Carnegie Writing Awards
Release Date:
06/30/2014
Under a program funded by Carnegie Corporation of New York, Donna Tartt won an award for fiction and Doris Kearns Goodwin won for nonfiction.
Bloomberg Philanthropies Commits $45 Million for City Halls to Tackle Urban Issues
Release Date:
08/20/2014
Bloomberg Philanthropies today announced a new $45 million investment to boost the capacity of city halls to use innovation to tackle major challenges and improve urban life.
Virginia "Ginnie" Sloane, President Emeritus of the Heckscher Foundation for Children, Dies at 91
Release Date:
08/27/2014
Philanthropist and civic leader Virginia "Ginnie" Sloane passed away on August 24, 2014. Sloane was President Emeritus of the Heckscher Foundation for Children.
Wallace Foundation Announces $40 Million Initiative to Help Build Audiences in the Arts
Release Date:
10/02/2014
The six-year initiative will provide funding for up to 24 nonprofits organizations.
Arcus and Ford Named as Top Funders who Champion Marriage Equality
Release Date:
10/07/2014
Arcus Foundation and Ford Foundation have been featured as two of the top eight funders who made marriage equality happen.
NYCT and Tiger Foundation Among Funders of Single-Sex Education
Release Date:
10/28/2014
... Trust, the Carson Family Trust, the Charter School Growth Fund , and the two foundations of retired financier Julian ...
ASPCA Provides More than $9.1 Million in Grants through 3Q 2014
Release Date:
10/31/2014
... following two distinctive initiatives: Lil BUB’s BIG Fund for the ASPCA, a unique collaboration between the ASPCA ...
Atlantic Philanthropies is Down to its Last Billion Dollars
Release Date:
11/03/2014
Atlantic Philanthropies only has two years to spend its remaining assets.
People with Health Insurance Still Can't Afford All the Care They Need
Release Date:
11/14/2014
... these out-of-pocket costs, according to the Commonwealth Fund Health Care Affordability Tracking Survey.... People ...
Rockefeller Foundation to Announce Second Batch of Resilient Cities
Release Date:
12/02/2014
Cities were selected from an applicant pool spanning 94 countries.
Sloan Teaching Awards Honor High School Math and Science Educators
Release Date:
12/04/2014
... a panel of scientists, mathematicians and educators. The Fund for the City of New York and the Alfred P. Sloan ...
Microsoft Is Teaching Cybersecurity to Cities Around the World—For Free
Release Date:
01/16/2015
Program is funded by the Rockefeller Foundation's 100 Resilient Cities initiative.
Ford Foundation Bets on Slow Food Movement to Help Global Poor
Release Date:
01/23/2015
Ford's grants help Slow Food USA promote food and economic security in poor rural an urban households in South and Latin America.